Anonymous has hacked security company Stratfor. In addition to stealing confidential documents, Anonymous has also stolen credit card details and used it to donate to charitable institutions. This is a terrible move from Anonymous.

The attacks on Mitsubishi Heavy were spotted for the first time on August 11 and the intrusion seems to have come from a spear-phishing attack. This form of phishing involves sending spoofed emails to the recipient, making it look like it comes from a known email address.

It seems the Lulz Boat has set sail once again, shaking off its allegedly permanent anchorage. LulzSec has hacked yet another of Rupert Murdoch’s holdings – The Sun – and also put up a parody story of his death by palladium ingestion on a Times dummy page.

For many teenagers in India, “ethical hacking” is seen as a glorious and passionate art that is a sure fire way to elitism. One such “ethical hacker” called minhal mehdi approached us for an interview, and we obliged. Read more for the chat transcript with minor edits.